Smoke from California鈥檚 deadly wildfires is expected to reach coastal 小蓝视频
鈥淭he circulation of air has been carrying smoke offshore from California,鈥漵aid Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald. 鈥淲e have seen some of that smoke move in aloft, but we aren鈥檛 seeing any smoke down at the surface where we all live.鈥�
The smoke is being carried north at heights between 20,000 and 25,000 feet, about six or seven kilometres.
鈥淚t makes for slightly hazy conditions, but our air quality stations haven鈥檛 see any spikes in particulate matter,鈥� MacDonald said.
A ridge of high pressure nestled along the West Coast from California to Vancouver Island has created a plume of smoke that now reaches as far north as Tofino, said Tyler Hamilton of The Weather Network.
Air flows have created 鈥渁n express route鈥� for fine particulate matter, he said. There is a visible haze in Washington state that is 鈥渢inting鈥� views of Mount Rainier.
鈥淎ll of this depends on where high and low pressure systems set up,鈥� he said. 鈥淎 ridge of high pressure is running all the way up the coast and it created a funnel for that smoke.鈥�
Computer modelling shows air parcels originating in northern California could make their way to northern Canada, he said.
A change in air flows over the western United States will push the smoke from California鈥檚 fires inland in the days to come, said MacDonald.
The main plume of smoke will flow into Nevada and Idaho.
鈥淎s fresh air comes in off the Pacific, we won鈥檛 see any more wildfire smoke,鈥� he said.
